Tyrus Jones Jr. is charged with robbery after allegedly taking a man's cell phone, police said.
TRENTON -- A Trenton man was arrested Wednesday evening after police say he jumped in the passenger side of a driver's car and put the driver in a chokehold and snatched his phone.
A file photo of a Trenton police car Police arrested Tyrus Jones Jr., 28, after the victim flagged down officers after seeing the Jones walking on North Broad Street the next day, police spokesman Lt. Stephen Varn said.
On Tuesday, the 23-year-old victim called police and told them he was dropping a friend off when Jones entered the passenger side of his car and sat down, Varn said.
Jones demanded the victim hand over money and when the man refused, Jones put him in a chokehold, grabbed the man's phone and fled the area, Varn said.
Jones is charged with strong-arm robbery.
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